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About the Book

Part of your job as the costume designer is to be creative and use what materials are available to you to execute the design elements in a production. This book will show you how to use inexpensive materials to create durable products in a short amount of time that are practical and technical. It is written in an easy-to-follow manner and each step is shown with a wide array of illustrations and photographs. From creating armour out of laundry baskets, to detailed tricks to create a prosthetic nose for a witch, this book will show the techniques needed for you to produce end results that are beautiful, economical, and fast to make.

Reviews

"This book is an excellent review of unique and economical approaches to common costume technology issues with stunning visuals that gives us confidence that the final product will be functional and of high aesthetic quality. It is a cookbook of theatrical craftwork." --Linda Pisano, Professor of Costume Design at Indiana University Dept. of Theatre and Drama

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I 3-D MAKEUP, BEARDS, WIGS, AND TEETH 1. 3-Dimensional Makeup for Dracula2. Making the Cyrano Nose for Cyrano de Bergerac3. Creating Fangs for Dracula4. Making Crooked Teeth for Big River5. Adding a Natural Hairline To an Existing Wig for Grapes of Wrath6. Making a Half Bald Wig for Grapes of Wrath 7. Using an Existing Wig To Create a Chinese Pigtail Wig for Dance and Railroad8. Creating Long Hair From Short Hair for Peer Gent9. Dyeing Wigs for The Blithe Spirit10. Wig Construction for Blithe Spirit11. Making Japanese Wigs for Mikado12. Making an Old Fashioned Chinese Hair-do Piece for Romeo and Juliet13. Altering a Wig for Production Pippin14. Making a Full Beard for The Butterfingers Angel15. Making Beard for Pippin

SECTION II MASKS1. Making Rubber Masks for Once On This Island 2. Making Varaform and Wonder Flax Masks for Pippin3. Adopting and Decorating Existing Masks for Amadeus4. Making Latex Masks for Peer Gent5. Making Paper Machete Masks for The Walker In The Snow

SECTION III HATS & HEADDRESSES1. Altering an Existing Hat To a Period Hat for Death of A Salesman2. Making a Straw Hat for Look Homeward Angel3. Making a Straw Bonnet for Tom Sawyer4. Making an Egyptian Crown for The Mystery of Irma Vep5. Making Crowns for Pippin6. Making Headdresses for Till We Have Faces7. Making Hoods for Robin Hood8. Making a Turban for Merchant of Venice9. Making a Turban for The Butterfingers Angel10. Making Turbans for Once On This Island11. Making Headdresses for Robin Hood12. Making the "Chrysler Building Headdress for Lend Me A Tenor 13. Making a Headdress for Big River14. Making Headdresses for Once On This Island15. Making a Hat for Anything goes 16. Making a Headdress for Romeo and Juliet17. Making a Chinese Opera Headdress for Dance and Railroad18. Making a Headdress for Frog Prince19. Making a Wire-Framed Hat for Important Being Earnest

SECTION IV NON HUMAN COSTUMES1. Making a Crocodile Costume for Peter Pan2. Making a Swan Costume for Elves and Shoemaker3. Making Horse Heads for Cinderella4. Making a Tree Costume for Once On This Island5. Using Foam To Create Headdresses for Frog and Toad6. Wired Animal Headdress and Costume piece for Just So

SECTION V ARMOR1. Using Household Items To Create War Helmets for Pippin2. Making Armor With Unusual Materials for Pippin3. Altering and Decorating Existing Plastic Armor for Frog and Prince

SECTION VI CHANGE CHEAP CLOTHING INTO ELEGANT GARMENT 1. A Wedding Dress for Anything Goes and Crazy for You2. An Evening Dress for Anything Goes3. A Frock Coat for Tintypes 4. A Smocking Jacket for 13 Rue De L'Amour

SECTION VII CHEAP LEATHER PRODUCTS 1. Making Suede Leather Shoes and Boots for Robin Hood2. Making a Leather Apron for The Visit3. Making a Leather Apron for Elves and Shoe Maker4. Making a Colorful Leather Jacket for Extremities

SECTION VIII AGING and DYEING COSTUMES1. Aging Costumes for The Visit2. Dyeing Fabric and Garments for Romeo and Juliet3. Aging Shoes for the Visit

SECTION IX ACCESSORIES1. Making Cheap Earrings, Necklaces, Bracelets, and Anklets for Once On This Island2. Making a Inexpensive Necklace for Peer Gent